David West #3 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket against Buddy Hield #24 of the New Orleans Pelicans and Dante Cunningham #33 of the New Orleans Pelicans during the first half of a game at Smoothie King Center on October 28, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS — Undrafted, undersized Tim Frazier, playing for his third team in two seasons, blasted right through Stephen Curry. No other Warrior reacted. Frazier laid it in and trash-talked Curry. The Pelicans, once down double-digits, now led.

This came midway through the third quarter Friday night, 6.5 underwhelming quarters into what is supposed to be a special Warriors season. It was far from panic time, but the red light was beginning to blink. The Warriors needed to show some life.

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Curry finally did. Previously slumping and perhaps awoken by some Frazier chirping, Curry jump-started Golden State with a personal 8-0 run over the next three possessions, swinging momentum and providing enough leg room for the Warriors’ first win of the season: 122-114 over the Pelicans in New Orleans.

Curry’s spurt started after two Klay Thompson missed 3s. The Warriors rebounded both, which, after getting mashed 55-35 on the glass by San Antonio in the opener, was a needed improvement on Friday night. Both teams finished with 49 rebounds.

Kevon Looney snagged the second Thompson brick and kicked it to an open Curry on the wing. In the first half, the NBA’s reigning scoring champ only took five shots, fewer than any first half from a season ago. This was his ninth shot and most uncontested look. Curry hit it. Golden State went back up two.

Frazier missed a jumper on the other end. Looney rebounded. Curry pushed it upcourt, caught Frazier reaching in the cookie jar and baited him into a shooting foul 28 feet from the hoop. He made two of his three free throws. The lead was four.

Pelicans forward Lance Stephenson committed a brainless offensive foul seconds later, giving the ball right back to Golden State. Curry, now feeling it a bit, shook Langston Galloway, who’d just replaced Frazier, zipped down the lane and, through contact, finished an and-1 layup. He made the free throw. The Warriors, down one three possessions earlier, now led by seven.

They hadn’t played particularly well before that and didn’t play very well after it. The energy remains spotty. The passing has been sloppy (14 more turnovers Friday night). The defense was shredded throughout a 64-point Pelicans second half.

“For the most part, we played hard,” Steve Kerr said. “But we had some breakdowns where we kind of just stopped and looked at each other. I think it was more lack of communication that led to a couple of defensive breakdowns.”

But Curry’s burst, plus some steady, sturdy play from Kevin Durant, helped keep the Pelicans at bay. Durant finished with 30 points on 9-of-19 shooting, plus a team-high 17 rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocks.

With 41 seconds left and the Warriors up six, Durant, incredibly, blocked an Anthony Davis 3-pointer, ripped the loose ball away, raced upcourt and finished over the towering Davis in transition.

“I had no doubt in my mind if he got it off, he would’ve made that one,” Durant said of Davis, who finished with 45 points. “I timed it right.”

The end to end highlight put the Warriors up eight, essentially sealing the win.

“It was kinda the back-breaker,” Kerr said. “Fantastic play.”

Late in the first half, promising Warriors rookie Patrick McCaw came down on Davis’ foot on a rebound attempt. He twisted his left ankle, fell to the floor in pain and eventually limped to the locker room, needing help. X-rays were negative. But McCaw was forced to miss the second half.

After the break, another young Warrior stepped up. Kevon Looney was jolted into the rotation and, in his seven minutes, provided four points, three rebounds and two assists. The Warriors outscored the Pelicans by 13 when he was on the floor.

Looney’s play was one of the biggest positives. There were plenty of other minor negatives. Golden State has plenty of kinks to work out. But the Warriors left New Orleans, en route for Phoenix, with their first win of the Durant era.

“We’re going to have to get so much better,” Kerr said. “We have so much talent, but talent is not going to be enough. We have to be smart, have to be tough, just grow as a team. Fortunately we have a long time to do it.”